The Winner Stands Alone is a novel by Brazilian writer Paulo Coelho, first published in 2008 under the Portuguese title O Vencedor está Só. The story is set at the Cannes Film Festival and roughly based upon the growing rise of what the author calls The Superclass.

Igor, a wealthy Russian businessman, is insanely jealous of his ex-wife, Ewa, and her new husband, the famous fashion designer, Hamid Hussein. When Ewa left him he told her that he would destroy 'whole worlds' in order to get her back, and he intends to keep his promise.